Re: NT Backup Not Recognize Tape from another server.

Chace,

You completely missed his point. He has TWO tapes drives on TWO different
servers, both DLT, one is internal and one is external. He is not attempting
to back up to a network tape device. That being the only difference between
his two systems, he is asking why the tapes from one DLT cannot be read on
the other DLT.

What Steve does not specify is the actual backup program in use. He refers
to "normally using ArcServer" but does not say if that is what he is doing
right now. Assuming he is using NTBackup, should an NTBackup of SBS onto a
DLT tape be readable by a different SBS server that has a DLT drive?

Steve, are your DLT tape drives the same capacity? Can either drive read the
tapes of the other, or can neither one read the other's tapes? Drive
capacities the same? Have you tried it with NTBackup?

Gregg Hill




"chace zhang" <v-chacez@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:16VX0WEkGHA.2260@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi Steve

Thank you for posting.

Based on my experience. NTbackup can not backup files to a network tape
device. It's by design. I understand that this limitation may
inconvenience
our users and we apologize for the inconvenience you faced. In our efforts
to continue to improve our products, you are welcome to add your
suggestions in Partner feedback newsgroup to make Microsoft products
easier
and more powerful to use.

Thanks for the understanding and have a nice day!


Best Regards,

Chace Zhang (MSFT)

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